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Name ____________________________ Class __________________ Date ____________

1 Circle the explorer who left Spain looking for a water route to India with three ships.

3 Name an explorer from Portugal who was the first European to sail around Africa to reach India.

8 Circle the American hunter, fur trapper, and explorer who guided many settlers to California in 1845.

10 Name the first European to sail up what is now the Hudson River looking for a water route to India.

4 This Spanish explorer, came to a “land of flowers” which he named La Florida. Circle his name.

9 Check the African American explorer who reached the North Pole in 1909.

2 Who wrote the Book of Marvels, which described the riches he found in Asia?

7 In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson sent two men to explore the Louisiana Territory. Name them.

6 Daniel Boone was born in Pennsylvania in 1734. He helped build the _________ to Kentucky. Check the answer.

Famous Explorers SS C

5 In 1773, he sailed to Antarctica on his ship, the Resolution, but could not get through the ice. Name him.

Christopher Columbus

Thomas Jefferson

Marco Polo

William Clark

William Clark

Great Wall of China

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Marco Polo

Bill Hickock

Wilderness Road

John Henry

Leif Ericsson

Kit Carson

Erie Canal

Matthew Hensen

Henry Hudson

Vasco da Gama

Ponce de Leon

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Name ____________________________ Class __________________ Date ____________

1 Circle the explorer who left Spain looking for a water route to India with three ships.

3 Name an explorer from Portugal who was the first European to sail around Africa to reach India.

8 Circle the American hunter, fur trapper, and explorer who guided many settlers to California in 1845.

10 Name the first European to sail up what is now the Hudson River looking for a water route to India.

4 This Spanish explorer, came to a “land of flowers” which he named La Florida. Circle his name.

9 Check the African American explorer who reached the North Pole in 1909.

2 Who wrote the Book of Marvels, which described the riches he found in Asia?

7 In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson sent two men to explore the Louisiana Territory. Name them.

6 Daniel Boone was born in Pennsylvania in 1734. He helped build the _________ to Kentucky. Check the answer.

Famous Explorers - Answer Key

5 In 1773, he sailed to Antarctica on his ship, the Resolution, but could not get through the ice. Name him.

Christopher Columbus

Thomas Jefferson

Marco Polo

William Clark

William Clark

Great Wall of China

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Marco Polo

Bill Hickock

Wilderness Road

John Henry

Leif Ericsson

Kit Carson

Erie Canal

Matthew Hensen

Henry Hudson

Vasco da Gama

Ponce de Leon

SS C

Vasco da Gama

Captain James Cook

Lewis and Clark

Henry Hudson

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